Pictures of the day: 7 March 2012

American actress Meryl Streep and British director Phyllida Lloyd use wooden hammers to open a sake barrel during a news conference for their film "The Iron Lady" in Tokyo. The characters on the sake barrel read: "Wish! Blockbuster! Margaret Thatcher, Tears of the Iron Lady." The film opens in Japan on March 16, 2012.Picture: REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao